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The Van Wert times. (Van Wert, Ohio), 1889-02-01

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$ht fan fffr frof- I . e Van Wert Printing Company. Tni: Times is devotud to tlie advancemciit of Dcmo.-i'Hr.iu luim-iples, sunt to the general and I'wl nvwx. 1'ulilislied every Friday. OFFICE: Jourt Street, West ol Court House. reruns of Subscription. , Ou year, strictly In advance $1 SO Six months 75 Three months 50 JOB PRINTINGS Of every description executed In the best style, promptly and on reasonable terms. tes of dvertisfcz. One column, one year: . .'..Ilf One-half column, one year b- One-quaiter column, one year -;t One-eighth column, one year 14 LEGAL NOTICES. One squr.re, first insertion -....$1 ' Each subsequent Insertion Nine lines of nonpareil type constitute a ro Executor and Administrator's Notioe,Iir advance tJ ( LOCAL NOTICES. (In Minion type), ten cents per line each inst tion. . ' t VOL. 23. VAN WERT, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1889. NO. 23. ttt jmw 1 1 ni mm 1 .4 r. i ; V4-T- , jot . t (DEAL ESTATE t FOR SALE. MONEY TO LOAN NO DELAY, CALL ON J. B. PARKER No. 633. HOUSE AND LOT on Race street; 1 story house of i rooms, full sized lot, grapes, currants, apples and other fruit. Price $525, on easy payments. Or will trade as part payment on a piece of land. No. 632. "YTACANT LOTofi ac.re, situated ontVash-Prh-e 275. Or will trade V ington street for land. No. 631. AC ACRES in McCasta county, Michigan, t:W situated 2 miles from a live railroad town of 1500 inhabitants. This farm has 8 acres under cultivation; good plank house of 5 rooms. Very productive soil. Situated in a well settled neighborhood of good.ithriftv farmers. Price 1000, with cash and balance In 1,2 and 3 years. Or will exchange for property in Northwestern Ohio. Call or write for particulars. No. 030. VACANT LOTS in Southwestern part of Van VVert at from 75 to 1 125. On easy terms. No. 629. - Af ACRES in Union township, 5 miles from TbVy Van Wert, with 20 acres cleared; good frame house, well of water, and other Improvements. Price $1600, with -i cash and balance in 1 and i years. No. 628.. K 1Q ACRES about 1 mile south-east of U -LZl Van Wert, on good road; all nnder cultivation, gardens paled in, well of water, good frame house, stable, wood house and corn crib; also an abnadance of fruit of all kinds. Price f650, or will trade for a larger tract of land. . No. 624. OA ACRES, A fine tract of land with the Ol usual improvements and 60 acres cleared, situated only miles from Cavett. Price $3600. . Terms: cash and balance on time. No. 637. 1 7H ACRES situated VA miles from the corpo-X IVJ ration line of Paulding. O.. for $25.00 oer acre. Terms time. $1500 cash and balance on long No. 019 Cl( ACRES just outside of corporation of Zl J Scott, Ohio for only $750, on easy term of payments. This land fronts east on a good road, 15 acres cleared, fenced and nnderdramed, good outlet ditches, story house of 4 rooms, fine bearing orchard, stable, corn crib and other out uuiiaings. , . ... - HO. OI7. - 5 ACRES right in town of Dague. Ohio, for $450. Terms: $260 cash, balance in lands years. Uood bouse, garden paled in, also other improvements; a fine bargain. Good reasons for selling. No. 613. A nice residence property on Race street for $700. Terms: $300 cash, balance in 1 and 8 years. Fine lot, VA story frame house of 6 rooms and summer Kitchen conveniently arranged, a cistern and good well with chain pump; fine garden plot, fruit trees, etc. Good reason given for selling. Call soon. No. 607. 0 1 ACRES in Van Wert county, only mile, O 1 Convoy, with 44 acres cleared, house, new frame barn also other improvements. Owner is a non resident and will sell, if taken soon for $2500 with $800 cash and balance in 1, 2 and 3 years, 6 J. No. 600. i A ACRES of land, 4- miles from Paulding, tU Ohio, close to school, church, and post office, good roads, outlet ditches, well improved neighborhood. Price only $800, with 300 to 450 cash and balance at 6f interest. This is a fine bargain. Don't fail to see it. No. 616. orv ACRES in Paulding county, Ohio, mile 00 from Scott. All timber land, partly culled. some easy clearing, good road and fine outlet .for ditches. Price $2000, with $1000 cash and balance in 5 years. . No. 616H- .'.' T71INE HOUSE AND LOT at Latty, Ohio, for J. 1 f46U, on easy terms. Or will trade for other property, or land. What have you to offer? No. 614. j i ACRES only mile from Scott, Ohio, with T"U 30 acres cleared, good frame house, also the buildings, all fenced, good outlet ditch, partly underdrained. This farm is well worth $2000, but as owner desires to make a change in his business will sell. If taken soon for $1700. Terms $500 to $1000 cash and balance on long time. Don't fail to see this fine bargain. J A ACRES mile from Ridge road for $650. 7V Terms $400 cash and balance on time. Afi ACRES for $1000. Terms easy, sitnated in U Van Wert county, on good roads, with fine ditches on north and east, about 8 acres cleared, garden paled in, 12 acres deadened, balance ti mber land, log house, and other improvements. ONE of the most desirably located lots in Reid's addition to Van Wert, Ohio, for only $200. Call for particulars. J. B. PARKER, VAN WERT. O. PHYSICIANS. WM. N. LOH6SWOBTH, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, has resumed the practice of medicine. All calls prompt ly attended to. Ofiice, Convoy, O. J une S-83 ATTORNEYS. CLEM. V. HOKE. A TTORNET-AT-LAW. VAN WERT, O. r. Office with H. G. Richie, Esq. Does a general Law and Notary business. Prompt at tention given to conveyancing ana mating stracts of titles. Dec. 3, 11 ab- KALTZUABEK fc ULEHK, TTOHNEYS-AT-LAW. VAN WERT. O !r Practice in the courts of Van Wert coun ty. Collections promptly made and remitted Partition, urobate and litigated business solic ited, conveyance done at reasonable rates. Of fice on McCurdy's corner. Sept. 19-79. W. i, BEERS. A TTORXEY-AT-LAW, VAN WERT, O., ri will uromotlv attend! to all business en trusted to his care, in Van Wert and other Bounties. Ofiice above Clark & Son's shoe store. In Arcade Block. ALEXANDER A DARNELL. A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW. VAN WERT. O ii. Office In Van Wert County Bank building. Particular attention given to making sol- lections. J. Y. TODD. ATTORNEY- AT-I.AW AND NOTARY' PUB-lic. Will attend promptly to all legal business Intrusted to his care, including Probate business, suits before Justices, collections, au Htrsrtinir. etc. )flice in basement of Court House, Van Wert. Ohio. BARBERS. J. A. Baib. J. J. Ehresman. HAIR A EHBESMAN, POPULAR BARBERS AND HAIR DRESS- era. For a Bmooth shave or a neat haircut, give us a call. 6th door south of Pittsburg depot, on Washington street. COLLINS ic GALLEIICR. TT1ASHIONABLE BARBERS AND HAIR V Dressers. First door north of McConahy's grocery. G A. R.SCOTT POST NO. 100. REGULAR . meeting every first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at 7:30 o'clock at Uuion Hall, McKim's Block, Van Wert, Ohio. AIICTIOAEEK. A LL. BUSINESS ENTRUSTED IN MY r care will receive prompt attention. Sales rrifA at, lowest rates. Resilience, on the Knitl farm, five miles east of Van Wert, in Ridge township. GIVE MS A trial. G. W. Bope, Van Wert, O ok's Cotton Root Compound Composed of Cotton Hoot, Tansy and Pennyrovai: a recent discovery iy an old physician. Successfully used month iv. Price l by man. Ladies, ask your .lriiu-iist. for Cook's Cotton Root Compound and take no substitute, or enclose 2 stamps for sealed particulars. Address, POSH LILY CO., No. 3 Fisher Block, 131 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich. Sold in Van Wjrt by L. F. Gacken- heimer. lu-iu-sa-iy NOTICE. RACHEL ANN FISH, whose residence is unknown but suppo'i-d to be at Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, will take not ice that on January loth ixy, Marville II. Fish tiled his petition in the Court of Common Pleas of vn Wnrt ronnt.v.Ohio.praving for a divorce on the ground of gross neglect of duty, that she is a whore ano ur seven c.uo ii h.i. aa absent from him consorting with lewd persons, and that said cause will be for hearing on anil after February 10th, 18S9. 1-H-6W MARVILLE H. FISH. O -FOR Groceries and Glassware and FIIESH BREAD M CAKES DAM Cakes Baked for Weddings, Parties, Pie- Nics, Etc., on Remember the Place. LEAE) WIS MOT J AS. CLARK k SON. MOBTEIT TO ILOAET Long 1 lme, Low Interest, No Lands and Village Properties Bought, Sold and Exchanged. It will be to your interest to examine my where. Information cheerfully charge. Correspondence solicited. office. Office over Kanke'i V ard ware Important to A $4 Taper, 800 Pages, 1500 Illustrations, 3000 Columns ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. Nothing in this age of Cheap Literature or in aiy other age has equalled the following EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. To every person who (within 60 days from the date of this paper) will subscribe for THE VAN WEUT TIMES, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 A TEAR, And pay, in adrance, the yearly subscription price and $1 additional we shall send for one year a copy, weekly, of our paper and also for one year a copy, weekly, of THE CELEBRATED ILLUSTRATED HUMOROUS PAPER The subscription price of SITTINGS is $4 a year. It is a lG-page paper, profusely illustrated by the leading artists and caricaturists of the day. In the matter of original humor, it is acknowledged to stand at the head of the illustrated press of the country, and has been well named "The Witty "Wonder of the World." It is published in New York and has a National reputation. The merits of SIFTINGS are so well known that we do not deem it necessary to refer to them further. Both new subscribers and those who renew their subscriptions will have the privilege of this offer. REMEMBER that TEXAS SIFTINGS is offered at this price only to those who subscribe within the next 60 days. No such offer as this has ever been made. We offer the two papers for less than the price of TEXAS SIFTINGS. No one but our subscribers can get SIFTINGS for less than $4 a year. The regular price of that paper is now, and will continue to be, $4 a year, but the publishers, being desirous of adding to their list of subscribers in this section, have made a special and extraordinary reduction to us for a limited period. The amount for both papers should be sent direct to us by P. O. Order, Postal Note, or otherwise, and we shall order the publishers to mail SIFTINGS from New York to yoa for one year. Call, or write to this offise, and you will get a sample copy of SIFTINGS. THE VAN WERT TIMES. TO FRESH- Provisions ! Queensware. Short Notice. No. 8 West Main Street. THE TOAOE Delay. Improved Farms, "Wild terms before making a loan else eiven. Properties shown free of Send for circular or call at my Store. Our Readers- A PARTIAL LIST OF A. 3BL 1ML S FOR SALE BY L01 1 1 REAL ESTATE AGENTS Two hundred and fortv acres in Hottrlin township, lies mi 2 pood roads, B0 acres cleared on one HO, some cleared tana on tne otner z eighties, building on each 80. Price $25, $i)0 and $35 per acre, part cash, balance on time. House find lot on v acer srrcec. ou. House of ti rooms and lot 4x14 rod, irood barn. well ami cistern, corner of crawrorn ana Harrison streets, cheap at $H00. - xwentv-nine acres mst outsine oi tne corpo ration, good buildings. Or will sell a part of this tract. Beautiful site for out lots, ana can be bought verv cheao. onlv J100 uer acre. Forty acres in Union township for only $600. Fifty acres in Tuily 'township; No. 1 outlet for unuerdraining. 4 roao. J..OUK ui 111c 1 j Drice. onlv isou. Eighty acres in Union township, 4 acres in cultivation, hewed log house, plank stable, big ditch on the north side of tract, lor only $1500; $500 cash, balance in J, 2, and 3 yearn mety-eignt acres in neasant townsmo, 00 acres under high state of cultivation, 75 acres without a stump, 1600 rods of tiling In the farm, all fenced and cross fenced, fine 2-story frame house of 11 rooms, cellar under the whole house, frame barn 40x56, with shed 14x56, granary 10x24, ceiled mouse proof, 5 frame hog pens, lane running clear through the farm, fine bearing orchard of 125 trees, plenty of small fruit. No. 1 well of water with force pump, fine cistern. Two churches within J mile, school house 1 mile and 5 miles to Van Wert. Call and get prices and terms of this fine farm. Eighty acres in Liberty township, 45 acres under cultivation, 40 acres without a stump, farm all fenced, 14 story log house, plank kitchen, frame stable, corn crib, frame granary, orchard, for $3,000; 14 cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. s Eighty acres in Blue Creek 'township, Paulding county, O., 30 acres nnder cultivation, log buildings, for $2100; $500 cash, balance tin time. Fortv acres in Lattv township. Paulding county, O., 16 acres nnder cultivation, 5 acres more ready for tne plow, timoer cuiiea, roaa on the south and west. V-A storv frame house, logs on the place for stable, poultry house, etc., for $1100; $500 cash, balance on time. Sixty acres in Union township, all fenced, about 40 acres under cultivation. 1 story frame house, plank stable, mile from Beck's church ana scnool, gooa improved roaa on tne west. This farm is in No. 1 neighborhood, and very cheap at $2200; $600 cash, and balance on long time. Two good vacant lots in Frisble's addition. $125 each. Dart oash. A fine residence, good house, good barn, fine well of water, corner property, on Main street, nrice (1200. Three vacant lots on Washington street for $650. Fine vacant lot on Jefferson street for $250. Fine building lots in Oak Grove addition. $100 to $250, part cash, balance in monthly payments.One hundred and sixty acres in Blue Creek township, Paulding county, 01110, lana neaon the Van Wert county line, for $2,400, or will sell it in so acre tracts. Forty acres in Blue Creek township, Paulding county, Ohio, good outlet for drains, $650. Say $300 cash, balance on time. Eighty acres in Blue Creek township, Pauld ing county, O. 30 acres under cultivation, log buildings, for $2,100; $500 cash, balance on time. Eieht v acres in W illshire township. Van Wert county, O. All fenced 60 acres under cultiva tion, balance in splendid timber, such as white oak. white ash and hickory: well underdrained. large bearing orchard, 1 story frame house. frame barn, loir stable, waeon shed. 3 corn cribs, in splendid neighborhood, for only $2,900. Fifty acres in Hoaglin township. 20 acres un der cultivation, good outlet for nnderdralnlng, onlv 11700. Forty acres in Union township, 21 acres ready for the plow, frame house, plank stable, 10 acres unaerarainrai-izaQaout hi, etc.. ,for1408Jf jfrf " farm in HiifnP Wanted to exohanjre 40-ltere son township for a 10-acre tract near Van Wert. LOXG Sl WAPPNER, Van "Wert, O. NOTICE. John R. Smith, aeainst John Hammon. and if Court of Common deceased, the unknown V Pleas of Van Wert heirs of John ilaminon. County. Ohio Thomas Geething, and Jesse Howell, d'rts. J TUIE above named defendants will take notice X that on the 20th day of December, A. D. 1888, John R. Smith, the plaintiff, in the said court, duly commenced a civil action against them to quiet his title to the following described real es tate, to-wit: rne west nan oi tne soutn-east quarter of section one (1), township one m south, range one (1) east, Van Wert, county, Ohio, and that they are required to answer on or before Saturday, February Hth, 1WS9, or judg ment win be taken against uiem v oetauit. , JOHN R. SMITH. Saltzgaber & Glenn, Attorneys for Plaintiff. v an vv eit, unio, iec. zi, isss-ew. PROBATE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the following named persons have filed their several ac counts in this court for settlement and the same will be heard on Monday, February IS, 1889: EXECUTORS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' ACCOUNTS. Catharine O'Briant of Isaac O'Briant, first ana nnai account. vr . M. Hear of U. P. King, first and final ac count. W. T. Dolby of P. W. Morton, third partial account. A. I. Clvmer. of W. H. Clvmer. first and par tial account. GUARDIANS' ACCOUNTS. M. II. McCoy of Sarah E. McCoy, second and nnai account. It. Ii. Rhodes of Estella Gause, third partial account. - Philip C. Haudwerk of Philip H. Ilandwerk, second partial account. BURKITT J. BROTHERTON, Jan. 25-3w. Probate Judge. PROBATE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named persons have filed their several ac counts in this court for settlement, and the same will lie heard on Monday, February 11th, EXECUTORS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' ACCOUNTS. John C. Zimmerman of Henry Zimmerman, first and tinal account. Elizabet h Kiggins (nee Profit) of Jacob Profit, nrst ami nnai account. B. F. Fronfield of John Hammon, first and final account. T. C. Kenslcr of A.J.Bell, third and final account. P. M. Ireland of Ebson Stewart first partial account. Henry Wcible of Frank Hoinmer, first and final account. GUARDIANS' ACCOUNTS. Nicholas Miller of Sophia Grinding, third and final account. Nicholas Miller of Adam Grimling, third and nnai account. VV . R. Cook of Ho Coe. first account. Daniel Snyder of William E. Reese, eighth and nnai account. Thomas A. Alban of Thomas E. Williams, Morgan Williams, Mary Williams and Margaret c. y liiiams, nrst account. ItCRRITT J. BROTH ERTOX, 1-18-3W. Probate Judge. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. TESTATE of Samuel Binklev. deceased. I 'J The undersigned has been appointed and qualified as Administratrix, with will annexed of the estate of Samuel Binklev, late of van VVert county, deceased. Dated tins 22nd day of January, A . D. 1S89. ELIZABETH BINKLEV, 1-23-W3 Administratrix. YOUR ATTENTION I have a ulve lot oi On Hie bank of the Palmer Stone Quarry, lor sale on very reasonable terms. MILTON WELKER. Bill w ! L PURE is)t?Kr Its superior excellence nroven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as tne strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only In Cans. 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Peter to pay Paul, as alcoholic and other (so cailed) remedies do. It is a most grateful, heal ing medicine to all who are troubled with piles, for it relieves at once, and soon cures this most painiui disorder. t aids digestion, cures constipation, headache, bilious complaints, feverishness, neural gia, nervous diseases of every sort, and every class of skin disease known. As a family medicine, for the use of ladies, the New Style Bitters has no equal In the world. It is invaluable for curing the ills that beset childhood, and gentlv regulates the diseases to which women at every period of life are subject. Lames, get a bottle from your druggist ana I try it. If your druggist has not the New Style Vinegar Bitters, ask him to send for it. If yon once try it, you will never be without this price less remeoy in tne nouse. VINEGAR BITTERS. 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J. says: - "1 have suffered greatly trom indigestion and bowel troubles, and Vinegar Bitters gave me great relief." JAMES H. DVYYER, of Wrebster, Mass., writes: "I always use Vinegar Bitters as a snrincr medicine, and have the best of health." T l"lT V T -V TT AfAntrrnmaiv St Vow VnA 11. ' 1.1. .V .1 , I I .UV.L.I.I....'. - . . - - . writes: "I find your Vinegar Bitters a lirst- class tonic." Thousands of other testimonials sent on ap plication, also a ladies' hand book free. Address, R. H. McDONALD DRUG CO. 532 Washington St., New York. rnonrrHL Sickness. Qreai" Sanger v?iif re offOicicQ. Sdt, 6ADrT(LD ULAIorCp.' ftUUrutf$isl. ATIiANTA tZAA BICYCLES I Victor, American Champion, American Challenge, and Columbia. Tricycles and Tandems. GUARANTEED HIGHEST GRADE. Boys' and Misses Rubber Tire Bicycles and Tricycles from $ 1 2.50 up. Illustrated Catalogue Free. C. E. FERGUSON, Agent, At Times Office, Van Wert, Ohio. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Willie Brengartner, of Upper Sandusky, fell and bit his tongue off. A Salvation Army meeting at Lima last week, broke up in a free fight. Columbus parties are leasing land i in Wyandot county for gas purposes. Fifty car builders at Lima struck for an increase of wages a few days A kind of sore throat which baffles physicians is said to be prevalent at Paulding. A franchise for the piping of nat ural gas has been granted by the Fort Wayne city council. The grocers of Fostoria have banded together and now publish a list of the dead beats who get groceries and never pay for them. The Wapakoneta Natural Gas Co, report a rich find about ten miles west of that place, they having struck an 8,000,000 cubic foot gas well. . It is said that the new coast survey along Lake Mercer is giving the denizens of the lake shore some little un easiness lest they be routed out of their present possessions. The amount of capital invested in the production and in the oil traffic in Northwestern Ohio, will amount to many millions of dollars now, and yet the field is not quite four years old. Charles Sellars, a well-to-do young farmer residing near Cridersville, was robbed of $100 at Lima, last week, by a slick-tongued individual who claimed to be an innocent book agent. Mary McDowell, of Steubenville, aged 95 years, has solved the matri monial question, and' after living forty years with her last husband, she pronounces married life a failure and sues for a divorce. John Wolfe, aged about eleven years, was crusnea almost to a jelly last Monday, at bpencerville, by a saw log rolling on him. He had been playing on the log, and accidently slipped nnder it just as it started to rolL , Farmer Priest, of Wood county, sold $41,000 worth of land to the Standard Oil company, and wanted all his money in currency. Finally convinced that it would be more money than he could handle- con venieutly, he compromised by accept ing a check in part payment. The citizens of Upper Sandusky and surrounding community are jubilant over the advent of another big gas well at that place. The well was drilled in Wednesday of last week, and from all accounts is a genuine boomer, its capacity being estimated to be not less than six million cubic feet. The color line has been drawn in a Columbus church, John F. Kansom, an educated colored man, with letters from the Congregational church of Chelsea, Mass., desired to join Eastwood Congregational church in that city. Buf the affair has created trouble in the Committee of Deacons, causing two to resign. A Hancock county school teacher became enraged at one of his pupils and struck the boy with a slung-shot because he could not define the proper relation of the participle to other parts of speech. The teacher was promptly discharged by the. school directors, and his certificate was revoked by the examiners. - Some bold horse thief stole a horse belonging to Charles Harld, residing east of Findlay, Tuesday night. The norse was left standing mtcnea on the street while young Harld was doing some tradiDg. When he got ready to go home he found his horse missing. All the neighboring: towns have been notified of the theft. Mat U. Mitchell, residing near Spencerville, Ohio, accidentally shot himself last Sunday morning. His wife, to whom he had been married only about ten days, had scarcely ceased admonishing him for handling the weapon so recklessly when it was discharged, the ball passing through his neck, inflicting a painful if not fatal wound. Diphtheria has made its appearance at several places in the State, and several deaths have occurred. It should be borne in mind that this is one of the most dangerous diseases with which medical science has to deal. Too great precaution can not be taken to prevent spreading the disease, and its appearance ought to be reported to the medical au thorities without the loss oi a mo ment. Delays are always dangerous, and many times fatal. The $10,000 libel suit instituted by Abraham Spoon, who lives near Upper Sandusky, against Editor De vv olie, or the ostona Jxeview, was disposed of in court at Tiffin on Tuesday, lhe Meview, about one year ago, published a report re flecting seriously on Mr. Spoon's character. As soon as the falsity of the report was learned, the paper made the proper correction, but Spoon sued for $10,000 damages. j The jury awarded the plaintiff $50 I damages. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Kainoan Difficulty Caused by Bismarck's Amhilion. Republicans Anxious to Cora pro. mise on a Tariff Bill. "Is there really danger of a war with Germany?" I asked one of the leading members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. "Yes, I think there is," was the reply given in a very thoughtful, deliberate tone. "Do you think that Secretary Bayard is in any way to blame for the present condition of affairs?" I then asked. "No, most decidedly I do not. On the contrary, I think he has managed the matter very ably, and it is only because I know he will have to give way shortly to Blaine that causes me to believe there is danger of a war between the United States and Germany." "Can you give me your ideas, in a nutshell, of this whole Samoan diffi culty?" "Yes, in a very few words. Germany for some years has, for both commercial and political reasons, been looking with covetous eyes on the Samoan Islands. And with Bismarck to want is to get or try to get, so that he has for a long time been quietly working to establish a German protectorate over these islands, and things have now reached a stage when he is pre pared if necessary to fight for them if he can not gain his point through diplomacy. If the United States is to defeat him through diplomacy, it is absolutely necessary that we should have the assistance of England, and with Blaine Secretary of State I do not believe that is possible. Nor is it possible for the United States to stop Germany by force unless we can get at least six months time to prepare a navy. If war should be declared in sixty days it would be disastrous to the United States. That is why I view the situation with alarm." The Senate has' passed its tariff bill, it has been sent to the House and re ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and Mr. Mills and other prom inent Democratic members of that committee have promised that it should be reported back to the House at an early day so as to give that body an opportunity to vote upon it. A notable feature of the debate in the House attendant upon its refer ence to committee was the speech of Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, who is believed to represent the views ot Gen. Harrison. He made an appeal to the Democrats to '.relieve the present situation by agreeing to-someaprt j)fa, com pro mise which will reduce the Treasury surplus by thirty or forty millions of dollars. What effect this appeal will have is of course at this time a matter of conjecture, but there are many Democrats who believe that a com promise will be effected whereby a bill that will meet the approval of the most conservative members of both parties will be agreed to. If an agree ment is reached it is probable that the most of the reduction will come from the internal revenue. The sudden death of Representative Burnes, of Missouri, on Thursday morning, caused an adjournment of the House, which prevented a vote being taken on the Oklahoma bill that day as had been previously agreed upon by vote of the House. An attempt will be made to get it up this week, and if that fails it will be called up next Mondav under a suspension of the rules. As the end of the present admin is tration draws nearer, the popularity of Mrs. Cleveland seems to increase, if that were possible. Saturday after noon, notwithstanding a disagreeable rain storm, nearly two thousand people attended her public reception. Th? sixth candidate for Public Print er under Harrison has made his ap pearance in this city. Senator Allison has gone to Indian apolis to finally settle the question as to who will be Harrison's Secretary of the Treasury. Allison is said to have declined the honor three times by letter, but Harrison still insisted, hence the present visit. Mr. Eandall is very indignant at the reports sent out from Washington as to his intended action in opposition to the wishes of the Democratic members of the Wavs and Means Committee of the House in regard to the tariff bill The fact is that Mr. Randall will do nothing to embarrass the members of that committee. Frank Hatton, the new editor of the Washington Post, loses no opportunity of booming Mahone for a Cabinet posi tion, but the indications are that Mr, Hatton's influence with Geo. Harrison is very slight. Representative Butterworth, who it is said expects to be the next Governor of Ohio, made a speech in the House last week bitterly arraigning the Knights of Labor for their manner of doing things. The speech was the political sensation of the present ses sion, and everybody is talking about its probable effect upon his political future, Senator Beck's absence from the Senate has been felt by both sides of the Chamber, and especially during the debate on the tariff bill. On this subject there is no abler man in either House of Congress. The distinguished Kentucklan and invalid reports his health as greatly improved and ex pects to return soon. He is in Cuba. A. " You say you are opposed to dancing at the inauguration ball?" 13. " l am, decidedly." " un religious grounds, I suppose?" "Not at all ; but I don't want to see Har rison begin his term with a break down." Terns Siftings. Medicated Toilet Powder, 25 cents, on L. F. Gackenheimer. Call EXAMINATION QUESTION! The following questions were Bt mitted to. applicants' for teachers' ec tificates at the examination lost urday: "..--;,'. ; :':'f WRITING. ' 1. What are principles in writing ? 2. How many different movements tut be employed in writing? . ' 3. What .two forms has each letter of th alphabet? 4. As a speciman of jour pennjansh' write your method of teaching it. THEORY ASD PRACTICE. ' 1. What is government ? Why does t! school insist on quiet? ' " Distinguish difference between edue tion and learning. Are schoolmaster at educator synonymous terms? 3. What is theory and practice? Ilo' can you ascertain if your theories are 'W' rect? i. Why should primary teaching I constantly illustrated with objects? 5. How do you succeed in getting yoi. pupils to think ? ' PHYSIOLOGY. 1. Why should we not use copper leaden vessels for cooking purposes? 2. Why does foul air suffocate? 3. What effect has regular occupation c the health? -:-.'. 4. What organs are specially liable f disease by the use of alcohol ? . v . 5. If there is an image in each eye, ' does not every object seem double ? ' 6. How do taste and smell aid in prot" ing us? '; -,v 7. How does the matter which enters t laeteals reach the heart? ' 8. What is the effect of tea and coffoe ? 9. How is the crown of teeth prepare! J resist the wear and action of snbstancc. ? 10. What is the use of the sebacc. glands? T ; HISTORY. 1. Who were the Pilgrims? Why did tt- come to America? - 2. For what were Fulton, Whitney a Morse noted ? t 3. What was the Emancipation Proclar tion; when was it issued, and when dli v go into effect ? 4. Name the presidents of the TJnlt- States who served two terms, and giye ' event in the administration of each ? 5. How was Kentucky founded ? 6. Give some of the events in the life Franklin? 7. Name five battles of the Rebellion ' which the Union armies were victorious. 8. Describe the customary dress, ma ners and employments in the colonies.. - 9. Name and locate two battles, of C Revolution ; name the commanders on or,:" side? , 10. What is the "Monroe Doctrine" ?- GRA7IJIAR. 1. Write a primitive, a derivative, aol compound word. , ' . 2. Write in one sentence four auvft proper noons. -; - 3. Write in one sentence four WnuS ( common nouns. 4.; What are the three ways of distin guishing gender ? Give examples.'' 5. Classify the adjective and give ex amples of each kind? ' 0. Illustrate comparison of adjective'. ascending and descending, regular and t regular. . . , - - ' 7. Use in one sentence four kinds of pro nouns. 8. Give correct examples of the past pi feet tense and of the future perfect ten indicative mode. 9. Write a brief letter of introduction. 10. Diagram: - "1 heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lappiqg on the cragd.' GEOGRAPHY. 1. a Prove that the earth turns oo itj axis from west to east, ft llow mar times does the earth rotate in one year? 2. a Enumerate the causes which pre- dtice the change of seasons, b When it i. spring in Australia in what portion of thi globe is it summer? , 3. Draw a figure and explain the forma tion of hail. , 4. a Name the "Six Great Powers' c! the earth, h Describe the form of eovera- uieut of each and name the capital of each. 5. Draw a map of Van Wert County, showing the townships, railroads anl towns. Wba"t is the population of Van Wert County? . . - 6. Locate and describe the Great Plains, Selvas, Pampas, Llanos, Steppes and Tundras. ' " ' ' 7. Name the races of men, tell where each is found and how divided with reference to manner of living. 8. Buund Tennessee, describe its surface and climate, and name its rivers, productions and capital. ' , i 9. Locate the iron, coal, gold, silver and copper regions of the U. S. , 10. a What is the constitution of the U. S. ? ft What U. S. officers must be natural boru citizens ? c Are Senators and Rep resentatives U. S. officers ? ARITHMETIC. I. If a six-cent loaf of bread weigh 8 ozq !ien flour is $7.00 per bbL, what is the price of flour per bbl when a five-cent loaf weighs 9 oz ? State, and solve by proportion. 2. The longitude of Pittsburgh is 79 de grees, 58 minutes, w est anu Liuoiin e degrees, 20 minutes, 30 seconds West, what time is it at Dublin when it is 11 a. m. at Pittsburgh? 3. In dividing fractions, why is the divi sor inverted? Explain fully. 4. How is the sum of an arithmetical series found? 5. A cylindrical cistern is five feet in diameter, and six feet, four inches deep; how many gallons oE water will it hold ? G. How nyich premium must I pay for stock which yields an income of 8 per cent, in order to realize 5 per cent, on my invest ment.' 7. How many acres iu a triangular field whose sides are 349 rods, 350 rods, and 353 rods? 8. A's principal is $100 more than of B's. Find each principal if the interest of A's for 1 year at 6 per cent is $561 less than the amount of B's for 2 years at 7 per cent, 9. A's horse cost $37 more than B's. Tliev traded even. Find the cost of B's horse if A lost 43 per cent 10. A farm 240 rods long and 165 rods wide is fenced into square fields of equal size. Find the number of fields if there are 34 mi. and 83 rods of fence. The organs say that Harrison has bought a buggy that is plain and simple in make, only costing $1600. It must be very plain and simple to cost the trifling sum of one thousand six hundred dollars.

$ht fan fffr frof- I . e Van Wert Printing Company. Tni: Times is devotud to tlie advancemciit of Dcmo.-i'Hr.iu luim-iples, sunt to the general and I'wl nvwx. 1'ulilislied every Friday. OFFICE: Jourt Street, West ol Court House. reruns of Subscription. , Ou year, strictly In advance $1 SO Six months 75 Three months 50 JOB PRINTINGS Of every description executed In the best style, promptly and on reasonable terms. tes of dvertisfcz. One column, one year: . .'..Ilf One-half column, one year b- One-quaiter column, one year -;t One-eighth column, one year 14 LEGAL NOTICES. One squr.re, first insertion -....$1 ' Each subsequent Insertion Nine lines of nonpareil type constitute a ro Executor and Administrator's Notioe,Iir advance tJ ( LOCAL NOTICES. (In Minion type), ten cents per line each inst tion. . ' t VOL. 23. VAN WERT, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1889. NO. 23. ttt jmw 1 1 ni mm 1 .4 r. i ; V4-T- , jot . t (DEAL ESTATE t FOR SALE. MONEY TO LOAN NO DELAY, CALL ON J. B. PARKER No. 633. HOUSE AND LOT on Race street; 1 story house of i rooms, full sized lot, grapes, currants, apples and other fruit. Price $525, on easy payments. Or will trade as part payment on a piece of land. No. 632. "YTACANT LOTofi ac.re, situated ontVash-Prh-e 275. Or will trade V ington street for land. No. 631. AC ACRES in McCasta county, Michigan, t:W situated 2 miles from a live railroad town of 1500 inhabitants. This farm has 8 acres under cultivation; good plank house of 5 rooms. Very productive soil. Situated in a well settled neighborhood of good.ithriftv farmers. Price 1000, with cash and balance In 1,2 and 3 years. Or will exchange for property in Northwestern Ohio. Call or write for particulars. No. 030. VACANT LOTS in Southwestern part of Van VVert at from 75 to 1 125. On easy terms. No. 629. - Af ACRES in Union township, 5 miles from TbVy Van Wert, with 20 acres cleared; good frame house, well of water, and other Improvements. Price $1600, with -i cash and balance in 1 and i years. No. 628.. K 1Q ACRES about 1 mile south-east of U -LZl Van Wert, on good road; all nnder cultivation, gardens paled in, well of water, good frame house, stable, wood house and corn crib; also an abnadance of fruit of all kinds. Price f650, or will trade for a larger tract of land. . No. 624. OA ACRES, A fine tract of land with the Ol usual improvements and 60 acres cleared, situated only miles from Cavett. Price $3600. . Terms: cash and balance on time. No. 637. 1 7H ACRES situated VA miles from the corpo-X IVJ ration line of Paulding. O.. for $25.00 oer acre. Terms time. $1500 cash and balance on long No. 019 Cl( ACRES just outside of corporation of Zl J Scott, Ohio for only $750, on easy term of payments. This land fronts east on a good road, 15 acres cleared, fenced and nnderdramed, good outlet ditches, story house of 4 rooms, fine bearing orchard, stable, corn crib and other out uuiiaings. , . ... - HO. OI7. - 5 ACRES right in town of Dague. Ohio, for $450. Terms: $260 cash, balance in lands years. Uood bouse, garden paled in, also other improvements; a fine bargain. Good reasons for selling. No. 613. A nice residence property on Race street for $700. Terms: $300 cash, balance in 1 and 8 years. Fine lot, VA story frame house of 6 rooms and summer Kitchen conveniently arranged, a cistern and good well with chain pump; fine garden plot, fruit trees, etc. Good reason given for selling. Call soon. No. 607. 0 1 ACRES in Van Wert county, only mile, O 1 Convoy, with 44 acres cleared, house, new frame barn also other improvements. Owner is a non resident and will sell, if taken soon for $2500 with $800 cash and balance in 1, 2 and 3 years, 6 J. No. 600. i A ACRES of land, 4- miles from Paulding, tU Ohio, close to school, church, and post office, good roads, outlet ditches, well improved neighborhood. Price only $800, with 300 to 450 cash and balance at 6f interest. This is a fine bargain. Don't fail to see it. No. 616. orv ACRES in Paulding county, Ohio, mile 00 from Scott. All timber land, partly culled. some easy clearing, good road and fine outlet .for ditches. Price $2000, with $1000 cash and balance in 5 years. . No. 616H- .'.' T71INE HOUSE AND LOT at Latty, Ohio, for J. 1 f46U, on easy terms. Or will trade for other property, or land. What have you to offer? No. 614. j i ACRES only mile from Scott, Ohio, with T"U 30 acres cleared, good frame house, also the buildings, all fenced, good outlet ditch, partly underdrained. This farm is well worth $2000, but as owner desires to make a change in his business will sell. If taken soon for $1700. Terms $500 to $1000 cash and balance on long time. Don't fail to see this fine bargain. J A ACRES mile from Ridge road for $650. 7V Terms $400 cash and balance on time. Afi ACRES for $1000. Terms easy, sitnated in U Van Wert county, on good roads, with fine ditches on north and east, about 8 acres cleared, garden paled in, 12 acres deadened, balance ti mber land, log house, and other improvements. ONE of the most desirably located lots in Reid's addition to Van Wert, Ohio, for only $200. Call for particulars. J. B. PARKER, VAN WERT. O. PHYSICIANS. WM. N. LOH6SWOBTH, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, has resumed the practice of medicine. All calls prompt ly attended to. Ofiice, Convoy, O. J une S-83 ATTORNEYS. CLEM. V. HOKE. A TTORNET-AT-LAW. VAN WERT, O. r. Office with H. G. Richie, Esq. Does a general Law and Notary business. Prompt at tention given to conveyancing ana mating stracts of titles. Dec. 3, 11 ab- KALTZUABEK fc ULEHK, TTOHNEYS-AT-LAW. VAN WERT. O !r Practice in the courts of Van Wert coun ty. Collections promptly made and remitted Partition, urobate and litigated business solic ited, conveyance done at reasonable rates. Of fice on McCurdy's corner. Sept. 19-79. W. i, BEERS. A TTORXEY-AT-LAW, VAN WERT, O., ri will uromotlv attend! to all business en trusted to his care, in Van Wert and other Bounties. Ofiice above Clark & Son's shoe store. In Arcade Block. ALEXANDER A DARNELL. A TTORNEYS-AT-LAW. VAN WERT. O ii. Office In Van Wert County Bank building. Particular attention given to making sol- lections. J. Y. TODD. ATTORNEY- AT-I.AW AND NOTARY' PUB-lic. Will attend promptly to all legal business Intrusted to his care, including Probate business, suits before Justices, collections, au Htrsrtinir. etc. )flice in basement of Court House, Van Wert. Ohio. BARBERS. J. A. Baib. J. J. Ehresman. HAIR A EHBESMAN, POPULAR BARBERS AND HAIR DRESS- era. For a Bmooth shave or a neat haircut, give us a call. 6th door south of Pittsburg depot, on Washington street. COLLINS ic GALLEIICR. TT1ASHIONABLE BARBERS AND HAIR V Dressers. First door north of McConahy's grocery. G A. R.SCOTT POST NO. 100. REGULAR . meeting every first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at 7:30 o'clock at Uuion Hall, McKim's Block, Van Wert, Ohio. AIICTIOAEEK. A LL. BUSINESS ENTRUSTED IN MY r care will receive prompt attention. Sales rrifA at, lowest rates. Resilience, on the Knitl farm, five miles east of Van Wert, in Ridge township. GIVE MS A trial. G. W. Bope, Van Wert, O ok's Cotton Root Compound Composed of Cotton Hoot, Tansy and Pennyrovai: a recent discovery iy an old physician. Successfully used month iv. Price l by man. Ladies, ask your .lriiu-iist. for Cook's Cotton Root Compound and take no substitute, or enclose 2 stamps for sealed particulars. Address, POSH LILY CO., No. 3 Fisher Block, 131 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich. Sold in Van Wjrt by L. F. Gacken- heimer. lu-iu-sa-iy NOTICE. RACHEL ANN FISH, whose residence is unknown but suppo'i-d to be at Fort Wayne, in the State of Indiana, will take not ice that on January loth ixy, Marville II. Fish tiled his petition in the Court of Common Pleas of vn Wnrt ronnt.v.Ohio.praving for a divorce on the ground of gross neglect of duty, that she is a whore ano ur seven c.uo ii h.i. aa absent from him consorting with lewd persons, and that said cause will be for hearing on anil after February 10th, 18S9. 1-H-6W MARVILLE H. FISH. O -FOR Groceries and Glassware and FIIESH BREAD M CAKES DAM Cakes Baked for Weddings, Parties, Pie- Nics, Etc., on Remember the Place. LEAE) WIS MOT J AS. CLARK k SON. MOBTEIT TO ILOAET Long 1 lme, Low Interest, No Lands and Village Properties Bought, Sold and Exchanged. It will be to your interest to examine my where. Information cheerfully charge. Correspondence solicited. office. Office over Kanke'i V ard ware Important to A $4 Taper, 800 Pages, 1500 Illustrations, 3000 Columns ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. Nothing in this age of Cheap Literature or in aiy other age has equalled the following EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. 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REMEMBER that TEXAS SIFTINGS is offered at this price only to those who subscribe within the next 60 days. No such offer as this has ever been made. We offer the two papers for less than the price of TEXAS SIFTINGS. No one but our subscribers can get SIFTINGS for less than $4 a year. The regular price of that paper is now, and will continue to be, $4 a year, but the publishers, being desirous of adding to their list of subscribers in this section, have made a special and extraordinary reduction to us for a limited period. The amount for both papers should be sent direct to us by P. O. Order, Postal Note, or otherwise, and we shall order the publishers to mail SIFTINGS from New York to yoa for one year. Call, or write to this offise, and you will get a sample copy of SIFTINGS. THE VAN WERT TIMES. TO FRESH- Provisions ! Queensware. Short Notice. No. 8 West Main Street. THE TOAOE Delay. Improved Farms, "Wild terms before making a loan else eiven. Properties shown free of Send for circular or call at my Store. Our Readers- A PARTIAL LIST OF A. 3BL 1ML S FOR SALE BY L01 1 1 REAL ESTATE AGENTS Two hundred and fortv acres in Hottrlin township, lies mi 2 pood roads, B0 acres cleared on one HO, some cleared tana on tne otner z eighties, building on each 80. Price $25, $i)0 and $35 per acre, part cash, balance on time. House find lot on v acer srrcec. ou. House of ti rooms and lot 4x14 rod, irood barn. well ami cistern, corner of crawrorn ana Harrison streets, cheap at $H00. - xwentv-nine acres mst outsine oi tne corpo ration, good buildings. Or will sell a part of this tract. Beautiful site for out lots, ana can be bought verv cheao. onlv J100 uer acre. Forty acres in Union township for only $600. Fifty acres in Tuily 'township; No. 1 outlet for unuerdraining. 4 roao. J..OUK ui 111c 1 j Drice. onlv isou. Eighty acres in Union township, 4 acres in cultivation, hewed log house, plank stable, big ditch on the north side of tract, lor only $1500; $500 cash, balance in J, 2, and 3 yearn mety-eignt acres in neasant townsmo, 00 acres under high state of cultivation, 75 acres without a stump, 1600 rods of tiling In the farm, all fenced and cross fenced, fine 2-story frame house of 11 rooms, cellar under the whole house, frame barn 40x56, with shed 14x56, granary 10x24, ceiled mouse proof, 5 frame hog pens, lane running clear through the farm, fine bearing orchard of 125 trees, plenty of small fruit. No. 1 well of water with force pump, fine cistern. Two churches within J mile, school house 1 mile and 5 miles to Van Wert. Call and get prices and terms of this fine farm. Eighty acres in Liberty township, 45 acres under cultivation, 40 acres without a stump, farm all fenced, 14 story log house, plank kitchen, frame stable, corn crib, frame granary, orchard, for $3,000; 14 cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. s Eighty acres in Blue Creek 'township, Paulding county, O., 30 acres nnder cultivation, log buildings, for $2100; $500 cash, balance tin time. Fortv acres in Lattv township. Paulding county, O., 16 acres nnder cultivation, 5 acres more ready for tne plow, timoer cuiiea, roaa on the south and west. V-A storv frame house, logs on the place for stable, poultry house, etc., for $1100; $500 cash, balance on time. Sixty acres in Union township, all fenced, about 40 acres under cultivation. 1 story frame house, plank stable, mile from Beck's church ana scnool, gooa improved roaa on tne west. This farm is in No. 1 neighborhood, and very cheap at $2200; $600 cash, and balance on long time. Two good vacant lots in Frisble's addition. $125 each. Dart oash. A fine residence, good house, good barn, fine well of water, corner property, on Main street, nrice (1200. Three vacant lots on Washington street for $650. Fine vacant lot on Jefferson street for $250. Fine building lots in Oak Grove addition. $100 to $250, part cash, balance in monthly payments.One hundred and sixty acres in Blue Creek township, Paulding county, 01110, lana neaon the Van Wert county line, for $2,400, or will sell it in so acre tracts. Forty acres in Blue Creek township, Paulding county, Ohio, good outlet for drains, $650. Say $300 cash, balance on time. Eighty acres in Blue Creek township, Pauld ing county, O. 30 acres under cultivation, log buildings, for $2,100; $500 cash, balance on time. Eieht v acres in W illshire township. Van Wert county, O. All fenced 60 acres under cultiva tion, balance in splendid timber, such as white oak. white ash and hickory: well underdrained. large bearing orchard, 1 story frame house. frame barn, loir stable, waeon shed. 3 corn cribs, in splendid neighborhood, for only $2,900. Fifty acres in Hoaglin township. 20 acres un der cultivation, good outlet for nnderdralnlng, onlv 11700. Forty acres in Union township, 21 acres ready for the plow, frame house, plank stable, 10 acres unaerarainrai-izaQaout hi, etc.. ,for1408Jf jfrf " farm in HiifnP Wanted to exohanjre 40-ltere son township for a 10-acre tract near Van Wert. LOXG Sl WAPPNER, Van "Wert, O. NOTICE. John R. Smith, aeainst John Hammon. and if Court of Common deceased, the unknown V Pleas of Van Wert heirs of John ilaminon. County. Ohio Thomas Geething, and Jesse Howell, d'rts. J TUIE above named defendants will take notice X that on the 20th day of December, A. D. 1888, John R. Smith, the plaintiff, in the said court, duly commenced a civil action against them to quiet his title to the following described real es tate, to-wit: rne west nan oi tne soutn-east quarter of section one (1), township one m south, range one (1) east, Van Wert, county, Ohio, and that they are required to answer on or before Saturday, February Hth, 1WS9, or judg ment win be taken against uiem v oetauit. , JOHN R. SMITH. Saltzgaber & Glenn, Attorneys for Plaintiff. v an vv eit, unio, iec. zi, isss-ew. PROBATE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the following named persons have filed their several ac counts in this court for settlement and the same will be heard on Monday, February IS, 1889: EXECUTORS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' ACCOUNTS. Catharine O'Briant of Isaac O'Briant, first ana nnai account. vr . M. Hear of U. P. King, first and final ac count. W. T. Dolby of P. W. Morton, third partial account. A. I. Clvmer. of W. H. Clvmer. first and par tial account. GUARDIANS' ACCOUNTS. M. II. McCoy of Sarah E. McCoy, second and nnai account. It. Ii. Rhodes of Estella Gause, third partial account. - Philip C. Haudwerk of Philip H. Ilandwerk, second partial account. BURKITT J. BROTHERTON, Jan. 25-3w. Probate Judge. PROBATE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named persons have filed their several ac counts in this court for settlement, and the same will lie heard on Monday, February 11th, EXECUTORS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' ACCOUNTS. John C. Zimmerman of Henry Zimmerman, first and tinal account. Elizabet h Kiggins (nee Profit) of Jacob Profit, nrst ami nnai account. B. F. Fronfield of John Hammon, first and final account. T. C. Kenslcr of A.J.Bell, third and final account. P. M. Ireland of Ebson Stewart first partial account. Henry Wcible of Frank Hoinmer, first and final account. GUARDIANS' ACCOUNTS. Nicholas Miller of Sophia Grinding, third and final account. Nicholas Miller of Adam Grimling, third and nnai account. VV . R. Cook of Ho Coe. first account. Daniel Snyder of William E. Reese, eighth and nnai account. Thomas A. Alban of Thomas E. Williams, Morgan Williams, Mary Williams and Margaret c. y liiiams, nrst account. ItCRRITT J. BROTH ERTOX, 1-18-3W. Probate Judge. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. TESTATE of Samuel Binklev. deceased. I 'J The undersigned has been appointed and qualified as Administratrix, with will annexed of the estate of Samuel Binklev, late of van VVert county, deceased. Dated tins 22nd day of January, A . D. 1S89. ELIZABETH BINKLEV, 1-23-W3 Administratrix. YOUR ATTENTION I have a ulve lot oi On Hie bank of the Palmer Stone Quarry, lor sale on very reasonable terms. MILTON WELKER. Bill w ! L PURE is)t?Kr Its superior excellence nroven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United States Government. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as tne strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only In Cans. 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Willie Brengartner, of Upper Sandusky, fell and bit his tongue off. A Salvation Army meeting at Lima last week, broke up in a free fight. Columbus parties are leasing land i in Wyandot county for gas purposes. Fifty car builders at Lima struck for an increase of wages a few days A kind of sore throat which baffles physicians is said to be prevalent at Paulding. A franchise for the piping of nat ural gas has been granted by the Fort Wayne city council. The grocers of Fostoria have banded together and now publish a list of the dead beats who get groceries and never pay for them. The Wapakoneta Natural Gas Co, report a rich find about ten miles west of that place, they having struck an 8,000,000 cubic foot gas well. . It is said that the new coast survey along Lake Mercer is giving the denizens of the lake shore some little un easiness lest they be routed out of their present possessions. The amount of capital invested in the production and in the oil traffic in Northwestern Ohio, will amount to many millions of dollars now, and yet the field is not quite four years old. Charles Sellars, a well-to-do young farmer residing near Cridersville, was robbed of $100 at Lima, last week, by a slick-tongued individual who claimed to be an innocent book agent. Mary McDowell, of Steubenville, aged 95 years, has solved the matri monial question, and' after living forty years with her last husband, she pronounces married life a failure and sues for a divorce. John Wolfe, aged about eleven years, was crusnea almost to a jelly last Monday, at bpencerville, by a saw log rolling on him. He had been playing on the log, and accidently slipped nnder it just as it started to rolL , Farmer Priest, of Wood county, sold $41,000 worth of land to the Standard Oil company, and wanted all his money in currency. Finally convinced that it would be more money than he could handle- con venieutly, he compromised by accept ing a check in part payment. The citizens of Upper Sandusky and surrounding community are jubilant over the advent of another big gas well at that place. The well was drilled in Wednesday of last week, and from all accounts is a genuine boomer, its capacity being estimated to be not less than six million cubic feet. The color line has been drawn in a Columbus church, John F. Kansom, an educated colored man, with letters from the Congregational church of Chelsea, Mass., desired to join Eastwood Congregational church in that city. Buf the affair has created trouble in the Committee of Deacons, causing two to resign. A Hancock county school teacher became enraged at one of his pupils and struck the boy with a slung-shot because he could not define the proper relation of the participle to other parts of speech. The teacher was promptly discharged by the. school directors, and his certificate was revoked by the examiners. - Some bold horse thief stole a horse belonging to Charles Harld, residing east of Findlay, Tuesday night. The norse was left standing mtcnea on the street while young Harld was doing some tradiDg. When he got ready to go home he found his horse missing. All the neighboring: towns have been notified of the theft. Mat U. Mitchell, residing near Spencerville, Ohio, accidentally shot himself last Sunday morning. His wife, to whom he had been married only about ten days, had scarcely ceased admonishing him for handling the weapon so recklessly when it was discharged, the ball passing through his neck, inflicting a painful if not fatal wound. Diphtheria has made its appearance at several places in the State, and several deaths have occurred. It should be borne in mind that this is one of the most dangerous diseases with which medical science has to deal. Too great precaution can not be taken to prevent spreading the disease, and its appearance ought to be reported to the medical au thorities without the loss oi a mo ment. Delays are always dangerous, and many times fatal. The $10,000 libel suit instituted by Abraham Spoon, who lives near Upper Sandusky, against Editor De vv olie, or the ostona Jxeview, was disposed of in court at Tiffin on Tuesday, lhe Meview, about one year ago, published a report re flecting seriously on Mr. Spoon's character. As soon as the falsity of the report was learned, the paper made the proper correction, but Spoon sued for $10,000 damages. j The jury awarded the plaintiff $50 I damages. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Kainoan Difficulty Caused by Bismarck's Amhilion. Republicans Anxious to Cora pro. mise on a Tariff Bill. "Is there really danger of a war with Germany?" I asked one of the leading members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. "Yes, I think there is," was the reply given in a very thoughtful, deliberate tone. "Do you think that Secretary Bayard is in any way to blame for the present condition of affairs?" I then asked. "No, most decidedly I do not. On the contrary, I think he has managed the matter very ably, and it is only because I know he will have to give way shortly to Blaine that causes me to believe there is danger of a war between the United States and Germany." "Can you give me your ideas, in a nutshell, of this whole Samoan diffi culty?" "Yes, in a very few words. Germany for some years has, for both commercial and political reasons, been looking with covetous eyes on the Samoan Islands. And with Bismarck to want is to get or try to get, so that he has for a long time been quietly working to establish a German protectorate over these islands, and things have now reached a stage when he is pre pared if necessary to fight for them if he can not gain his point through diplomacy. If the United States is to defeat him through diplomacy, it is absolutely necessary that we should have the assistance of England, and with Blaine Secretary of State I do not believe that is possible. Nor is it possible for the United States to stop Germany by force unless we can get at least six months time to prepare a navy. If war should be declared in sixty days it would be disastrous to the United States. That is why I view the situation with alarm." The Senate has' passed its tariff bill, it has been sent to the House and re ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and Mr. Mills and other prom inent Democratic members of that committee have promised that it should be reported back to the House at an early day so as to give that body an opportunity to vote upon it. A notable feature of the debate in the House attendant upon its refer ence to committee was the speech of Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, who is believed to represent the views ot Gen. Harrison. He made an appeal to the Democrats to '.relieve the present situation by agreeing to-someaprt j)fa, com pro mise which will reduce the Treasury surplus by thirty or forty millions of dollars. What effect this appeal will have is of course at this time a matter of conjecture, but there are many Democrats who believe that a com promise will be effected whereby a bill that will meet the approval of the most conservative members of both parties will be agreed to. If an agree ment is reached it is probable that the most of the reduction will come from the internal revenue. The sudden death of Representative Burnes, of Missouri, on Thursday morning, caused an adjournment of the House, which prevented a vote being taken on the Oklahoma bill that day as had been previously agreed upon by vote of the House. An attempt will be made to get it up this week, and if that fails it will be called up next Mondav under a suspension of the rules. As the end of the present admin is tration draws nearer, the popularity of Mrs. Cleveland seems to increase, if that were possible. Saturday after noon, notwithstanding a disagreeable rain storm, nearly two thousand people attended her public reception. Th? sixth candidate for Public Print er under Harrison has made his ap pearance in this city. Senator Allison has gone to Indian apolis to finally settle the question as to who will be Harrison's Secretary of the Treasury. Allison is said to have declined the honor three times by letter, but Harrison still insisted, hence the present visit. Mr. Eandall is very indignant at the reports sent out from Washington as to his intended action in opposition to the wishes of the Democratic members of the Wavs and Means Committee of the House in regard to the tariff bill The fact is that Mr. Randall will do nothing to embarrass the members of that committee. Frank Hatton, the new editor of the Washington Post, loses no opportunity of booming Mahone for a Cabinet posi tion, but the indications are that Mr, Hatton's influence with Geo. Harrison is very slight. Representative Butterworth, who it is said expects to be the next Governor of Ohio, made a speech in the House last week bitterly arraigning the Knights of Labor for their manner of doing things. The speech was the political sensation of the present ses sion, and everybody is talking about its probable effect upon his political future, Senator Beck's absence from the Senate has been felt by both sides of the Chamber, and especially during the debate on the tariff bill. On this subject there is no abler man in either House of Congress. The distinguished Kentucklan and invalid reports his health as greatly improved and ex pects to return soon. He is in Cuba. A. " You say you are opposed to dancing at the inauguration ball?" 13. " l am, decidedly." " un religious grounds, I suppose?" "Not at all ; but I don't want to see Har rison begin his term with a break down." Terns Siftings. Medicated Toilet Powder, 25 cents, on L. F. Gackenheimer. Call EXAMINATION QUESTION! The following questions were Bt mitted to. applicants' for teachers' ec tificates at the examination lost urday: "..--;,'. ; :':'f WRITING. ' 1. What are principles in writing ? 2. How many different movements tut be employed in writing? . ' 3. What .two forms has each letter of th alphabet? 4. As a speciman of jour pennjansh' write your method of teaching it. THEORY ASD PRACTICE. ' 1. What is government ? Why does t! school insist on quiet? ' " Distinguish difference between edue tion and learning. Are schoolmaster at educator synonymous terms? 3. What is theory and practice? Ilo' can you ascertain if your theories are 'W' rect? i. Why should primary teaching I constantly illustrated with objects? 5. How do you succeed in getting yoi. pupils to think ? ' PHYSIOLOGY. 1. Why should we not use copper leaden vessels for cooking purposes? 2. Why does foul air suffocate? 3. What effect has regular occupation c the health? -:-.'. 4. What organs are specially liable f disease by the use of alcohol ? . v . 5. If there is an image in each eye, ' does not every object seem double ? ' 6. How do taste and smell aid in prot" ing us? '; -,v 7. How does the matter which enters t laeteals reach the heart? ' 8. What is the effect of tea and coffoe ? 9. How is the crown of teeth prepare! J resist the wear and action of snbstancc. ? 10. What is the use of the sebacc. glands? T ; HISTORY. 1. Who were the Pilgrims? Why did tt- come to America? - 2. For what were Fulton, Whitney a Morse noted ? t 3. What was the Emancipation Proclar tion; when was it issued, and when dli v go into effect ? 4. Name the presidents of the TJnlt- States who served two terms, and giye ' event in the administration of each ? 5. How was Kentucky founded ? 6. Give some of the events in the life Franklin? 7. Name five battles of the Rebellion ' which the Union armies were victorious. 8. Describe the customary dress, ma ners and employments in the colonies.. - 9. Name and locate two battles, of C Revolution ; name the commanders on or,:" side? , 10. What is the "Monroe Doctrine" ?- GRA7IJIAR. 1. Write a primitive, a derivative, aol compound word. , ' . 2. Write in one sentence four auvft proper noons. -; - 3. Write in one sentence four WnuS ( common nouns. 4.; What are the three ways of distin guishing gender ? Give examples.'' 5. Classify the adjective and give ex amples of each kind? ' 0. Illustrate comparison of adjective'. ascending and descending, regular and t regular. . . , - - ' 7. Use in one sentence four kinds of pro nouns. 8. Give correct examples of the past pi feet tense and of the future perfect ten indicative mode. 9. Write a brief letter of introduction. 10. Diagram: - "1 heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lappiqg on the cragd.' GEOGRAPHY. 1. a Prove that the earth turns oo itj axis from west to east, ft llow mar times does the earth rotate in one year? 2. a Enumerate the causes which pre- dtice the change of seasons, b When it i. spring in Australia in what portion of thi globe is it summer? , 3. Draw a figure and explain the forma tion of hail. , 4. a Name the "Six Great Powers' c! the earth, h Describe the form of eovera- uieut of each and name the capital of each. 5. Draw a map of Van Wert County, showing the townships, railroads anl towns. Wba"t is the population of Van Wert County? . . - 6. Locate and describe the Great Plains, Selvas, Pampas, Llanos, Steppes and Tundras. ' " ' ' 7. Name the races of men, tell where each is found and how divided with reference to manner of living. 8. Buund Tennessee, describe its surface and climate, and name its rivers, productions and capital. ' , i 9. Locate the iron, coal, gold, silver and copper regions of the U. S. , 10. a What is the constitution of the U. S. ? ft What U. S. officers must be natural boru citizens ? c Are Senators and Rep resentatives U. S. officers ? ARITHMETIC. I. If a six-cent loaf of bread weigh 8 ozq !ien flour is $7.00 per bbL, what is the price of flour per bbl when a five-cent loaf weighs 9 oz ? State, and solve by proportion. 2. The longitude of Pittsburgh is 79 de grees, 58 minutes, w est anu Liuoiin e degrees, 20 minutes, 30 seconds West, what time is it at Dublin when it is 11 a. m. at Pittsburgh? 3. In dividing fractions, why is the divi sor inverted? Explain fully. 4. How is the sum of an arithmetical series found? 5. A cylindrical cistern is five feet in diameter, and six feet, four inches deep; how many gallons oE water will it hold ? G. How nyich premium must I pay for stock which yields an income of 8 per cent, in order to realize 5 per cent, on my invest ment.' 7. How many acres iu a triangular field whose sides are 349 rods, 350 rods, and 353 rods? 8. A's principal is $100 more than of B's. Find each principal if the interest of A's for 1 year at 6 per cent is $561 less than the amount of B's for 2 years at 7 per cent, 9. A's horse cost $37 more than B's. Tliev traded even. Find the cost of B's horse if A lost 43 per cent 10. A farm 240 rods long and 165 rods wide is fenced into square fields of equal size. Find the number of fields if there are 34 mi. and 83 rods of fence. The organs say that Harrison has bought a buggy that is plain and simple in make, only costing $1600. It must be very plain and simple to cost the trifling sum of one thousand six hundred dollars.